Roger Alton is due to be named editor of The Independent as part of a management shake-up at the newspaper's publisher, Independent News & Media (INM).

Added: 2008-04-10

Roger Alton to edit Independent amid fears over paper group's debts

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TDG suitors are told to get a move on

The two bidders stalking TDG have been given just under a month to submit a formal offer for the transport and logistics group.

Platypus proves even odder than scientists thought

Platypus a bizarre mix of mammal, bird and reptile, with very complex sexuality, scientists discover

Pearson goes back to school with China deal

Pearson, the publisher of the Financial Times, is accelerating efforts to expand its business in China ahead of this summer's Beijing Olympics with the acquisition of a chain of English language schools.